Drawing on stakeholder theory, this paper examines the relationship of board composition, leadership and structure on
sustainability disclosure. We discuss that good corporate governance and sustainability disclosure can ...

Emotions are commonly experienced and expressed in human societies; however, their consequences on economic behaviour have received only limited attention. This paper investigates the effects of induced positive and negative ...

We study the role of social identity in determining the impact of social fragmentation on public good provision using laboratory experiments. We find that as long as there is some degree of social fragmentation, increasing ...

We study the role of social identity in determining the impact of social fragmentation on public good provision using laboratory experiments. We find that as long as there is some degree of social fragmentation, increasing ...

A majority of developed countries have realized the importance of functioning venture capital markets for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Accordingly, governments have taken measures to support the development ...

We analyze imperfect competition in dynamic environments where firms use rivalrous but nonexcludable industry-specific capital that is provided exogenously. Capital depreciation depends on utilization, so firms influence ...

To study switching behavior, an experiment mimicking the state of a driver on the road was conducted. In each trial participants were given a chance to switch lanes. Despite the fact that lane switching had no sound rational ...

This report has been produced as part of the South West Higher Level Skills Project. It summarises recent literature on employer engagement with higher education (HE), with a central focus on HE involvement in work based ...

Produced in collaboration with the Council for Industry and Higher Education, this report summarises the findings from analysis of 27 case studies of HE-employer engagement initiatives, particularly those targeted at ...

This paper argues that current conceptualisations regarding how SMEs encourage creativity through HRM are based on a flawed notion of linearity. Recognising creativity as the most personal and individualistic of endeavours, ...

The Government intends to end the requirement for defined contribution
personal pension scheme members to annuitise their pension fund by the age of
75. This report looks at the likely effects and consequences of this policy.

In a Bertrand-oligopoly experiment, firms choose whether or not to engage in cartel-like communication and, if so, they may get fined by a cartel authority. We find that the four-firm industries form cartels more often ...

The objective of the paper is to propose endogenous debt constraints that rule out Ponzi schemes and ensure existence of equilibria in a model with limited commitment and (possible) default. We appropriately modify the ...

Discussion of sustainable tourism has become dominated by the issue of climate change. As a major source of emissions, the tourism sector has a vital role to play in efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. Within ...

Purpose – In this study we investigate the use of graphs in corporate sustainability
reports and attempt to determine, first, whether the use of graphs appears to be associated
with attempts at impression management, and ...

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has received substantial conceptual and empirical
attention, representing one of the few areas in entrepreneurship research where a
cumulative body of knowledge is developing. The time is ...

Since the seminal Birch job creation study (1979) policy-makers across the world
have been keen to promote entrepreneurship as a mechanism for creating new
employment opportunities. In parallel with this political desire, ...

We examine the link between a firm’s environmental (E) and social (S) disclosures and measures of its risk including total, systematic, and idiosyncratic risk. While we do not find any link between a firm’s E and S disclosures ...

Environmental and social disclosures entail costs, yet increasingly, large listed firms are making higher and better quality disclosures. In this paper we examine the link between a firm’s environmental and social disclosures ...